Chesterfield County Animal Shelter's Drug Records

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by Fox Charlotte

Story Created: Mar 31, 2011 at 11:49 PM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 31, 2011 at 11:49 PM EDT

CHESTERFIELD CO., S.C. - It was nearly a month ago now that rescuers discovered freshly shot dogs at an un-permitted landfill across the street from the Chesterfield County Animal Shelter.

Inmates working at the shelter say the employees shot the animals.  But the shelter has a lethal injection policy.  FOX Charlotte obtained county documents indicating the shelter has made three drug purchases in the last year.

In May, $44 worth of Euthasol, a lethal injection drug was purchased from Webster Vet Supply.

In December, $100 were paid to the same supplier, but there is no description of what was ordered.

Here is the most detailed purchase order: in September, shelter director and convicted felon Brian Burch got 10 bottles of Ketamine and 1 bottle of Euthasol, or euthanasia solution, for a total of $100.92, which is exact amount of the December order, too.       

Ketamine has a very high value on the street as a recreational drug.  The shelter provided us with records for 10 bottles.  Two bottles were used entirely in one milliliter doses, meaning the 20 dogs euthanized weighed the exact same amount.   Two bottles were partially used and six bottles remained unused.

As for the other drug, the records indicate that the shelter purchased three bottles of Euthasol in 12 months.

Euthasol is sold in 100 milliliter bottles.  Dosing guidelines show one milliliter of Euthasol is required for every ten pounds of animal.  That means one bottle can euthanize one thousand pounds of animal, and three bottles equals three thousand pounds.  

The shelter put down a total of 1,640 dogs and cats.  Three thousand divided by 1,640 would means each animal lethally injected by the shelter would have weighed about 1.2 pounds.

Ketamine is not approved by the FDA for use in dogs.  The workers, Brian Burch, James Calvin "Kip" Gulledge, Lee Carnes and Eric Donahue, remain on administrative leave while state agencies look into the shelter.

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